Cigarette-case.



L. SINGER.

CIGARETTE CASE.

APPLICATION FILED sEPLlo.

Patented Ma LAZAR SINGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGARETTE-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7, 1918.

Application led September 10, 1917. Serial No. 190,515.

T 0 all 'whom t 'may concern:

Be it known that LAZAR SINGER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful improvement in Cigarette-Cases, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description.

My invention relates to improvements in cigarette cases, and the object of my invention is to simplify the construction of cigarette cases, make such structures less expensive than heretofore, and particularly t0 provide cigarette holders for the cases which will deliver the cigarettes which they contain in a convenient manner when the case is opened, and which are also supported and connected with the lids of the case in such a manner that when the lids are opened they will cause the cigarette holders to separate and thus bring the outer ends of the cigarettes into position to be readily grasped by the fingers. My invention also simplifies and improves the construction of the cigarette holder proper in that instead of relying on a spring leaf or plate for one side of the holder, the holder is made with one side essentially shorter than the other, but with the two sides having fixed relative positions, and thus by reason of the disparity in height the cigarettes can be readily inserted without injury between the front and back sides of the holder.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side or edge elevation of the cigarette case embodying my invention, showing` the same in open position.

Fig. 2- is a broken inside elevation of the cigarette case showing especially the holder in elevation.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the devices for supporting and actuating the cigarette holders, and

Fig. 4L is a broken edge view on an enlarged scale of the cigarette holder supports and adjacent parts.

The cigarette case is provided withthe customary lids 10 which can be of any approved style and which as usual are hinged together at one end as shown at 11 and normally pressed apart by a spring as 10a (see Fig. 2) and provided preferably with internal bezels 12 and with a suitable catchl 13 for fastening them together.

On the hinge pintle 11 are sleeves 14 from which rise diverging arms 15 and 15a whichare springy and yet suiliciently stiff to sup port the holders presently referred to. These arms are turned over at the outer end to form flanges 16, and the purpose of these arms is to carry the cigarette holders 17 as shown best in Fig. 1. Obviously the arms 15-15a can be secured to the cigarette holders in any convenient or approved manner. The cigarette holders are each integral, that is they have a bottom 18 and back and front plates 19 and 20 which are separated apart adistance approximately corresponding to the thickness of a cigarette, and which are corrugated as usual in such devices so that the cigarettes will lit between the corrugations. rlfhe important feature of each holder is that the parts 19 and 20 are in relatively iiXed relation, and the back pla-te 19 is much longer or higher than the plate 20. It will be seen by this construction that the cigarettes can be readily inserted in or taken from the holder without injury, and the construction is simple and inexpensive. Where the front plate is hinged as in some cases it is likely to get out of order and costs more.

To make it certain that the holders 17 will spread apart when the lids 10 are opened, the following mechanism is employed. On the under side of each holder 17, and preferably near the ends of the holder, are catches 21 which are engaged by the abutments 22, these being in the general form of hooks on the outer ends of the Shanks or lingers 9.3, and the latter are attached to the bezels 19. of the lids 10. These lingers 23 are preferably turned up from the material forming the bezels as shown clearly in Fig. 2, but obviously they can be attached to the lid or bezel without affecting the invention. It will be seen that when the lids 10 are opened as in Fig. 1, the lingers 23 will by reason of their hooked ends engage the catches 21 and separate the holders 17 and that the lingers 23 also serve to keep the holders generally central between the lids of the case when the latter is open.

It will be further observed that the oonstruction shown is of" great simplicity. While the structure is especially designed for cigarettes, it can be of course utilized for holding other articles of 'somewhat similar shape.

I elaim:-

1. A structure of the kind described comprising opposed lids hinged together, independent holders supported by the hinge of the lids, and means carried by the lids beneath the holder and in close proximity to the hinge for engaging and separating the holders when the lids are opened.

2. A cigarette oase comprising a pair of hinged lids, diverging spring arms rising from the hinge of the lids, independent holders supported on the aforesaid arms, catches on the holders, and fingers carried by the lids and arranged to engage the aforesaid catches whereby the opening of the lids separates the holders.

3. A cigarette ease Comprising a pair of lids hinged together at one end, sleeves carried by the hinge pintle and having diverging arms, and independent cigarette holders supported on the outer ends of the aforesaid arms.

4. A cigarette case Comprising a pair of lids hinged together at one end, sleeves on the hinge pintle, arms carried by the sleeves and having flanges at their outer ends, and independent cigarette holders secured to the rianged ends of the arms.

5. A cigarette ease comprising a pair of hinged lids, sleeves on the hinge pintle having diverging arms, independent cigarette holders carried by the arms, said holders having catches on their under sides, and iingers supportedl by the lids and engaging the catches whereby the opening of the lids separates the holders and holds 'them genen ally central between the lids.

LAZAR SINGER.

l/Vitnesses:

WARREN B. HUTCHINSON, M. Gr. ODONNELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained-for ve cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

